Davoren Park, SA 5113

A beautiful place if more owner occupiers living here as it will not trash the property. I bought my house in Davoren last 2020, on my first day some one throw a rubbish in my backyard. During renovation, I received a hate/ death look and a non stop barking dogs in concert. Sounds cruelty but it was fun for them. One of the issue here is the long term tenants that neglecting the property, they are worse than people living in housing trust / community housing. These bogans are transforming their children to a racist monster, with no respect to offend others , a young hooligan as young as 8 years old. Old timer tenants are territorial they called themselves it's their neighbourhood. New comer will experienced some sort of nastiness, that's the way they introduce themselves. Their grass lawn usually reached the windows or level to the fence before cutting it. I hope their place should be inspected by the agent every change of season to motivate them to clean their yard, not once a year. Their rent should be increase to compensate the headache. If they can't afford to pay the rent these tenants will go elsewhere that will break their unity and territory. Imagine, where they can find a property with 3 to 4 bedrooms, veranda with reasonable backyard that can park their cars, caravan for extended family to live, also a locked up storage /garage. A normal old brick houses in Davoren, but who cares if it is old? it's got more space even the duplex. Aside from that Plenty of bus stops, train line to the city, etc.. To consider , long term tenants are paying cheap rent, it's a bargain. On this pandemic rental shortage, decent tenants with stable income are easy to find.

Well done for investing . Although Im not exactly against investing into davoren Park. The big difference you have ignored in your comparison to Redfern NSW , is that Redfern is 3km from Sydney CBD. Whereas davoren Park is 40km from adelaide CBD. That is a astronomical difference. Thats like saying Unley / Mile End / Kensington 20 years ago . Like I said , well done for investing, you should make some decent money in the long term future , but I wouldnt be expecting red fern type of money, proximity to the city is enormous in real estate. Location location location .

Thanks for sharing your opinion. I am also looking at Dav to buy an investment property. I just want to get in the property market and thought this would be a step. I wonder how are you going? Has your opinion changed since you posted this. Thank you.

Hi, my opinion hasn't changed as Daveron Park reputation has not changed. Its commonly known as the one of the worst suburbs in adelaide, if a Victorian was to ask a SA person what suburb to avoid in Adelaide , Davoren Park would be one of the top 3 responses. With that reputation comes low house prices, however try rent that house out to trustworthy regular payers who will treat your property with respect. If your looking to invest in the Northern suburbs why not look at Ingle Farm, Salisbury East,
Valley View, Para Hills even Paralowie. These suburbs aren't your top shelf areas but are miles ahead of "Davvo" and you'll have less issues with tenants, you could also move further out to the new developing areas like Andrews farm and Craigmore. Much safer and better reputation on the market. Daveron Park has a horribly tarnished name for which people won't even consider come resale or searching renters. Each to there own , but that's my honest opinion hope I've helped in any small way.

Thanks julianp5 for taking the time to answer and giving me advice. I am at the very beginning of this journey so your input was very much appreciated.

Depending of course, on your budget, perhaps you should look elsewhere. The more you pay, the better your investment. Look more at the growth areas like Mt Barker. But if you really want to invest in the cheap suburbs in the north, look at the best locations and close to the valued facilities. Julian has some great ideas.
Davoren Park, irrespecive if how some blindly defend it as a gentrified haven, is well-known as the worst suburb in Adelaide and probably worse than most in Australia. It is where most violent crimes originate and for crimes commited elsewhere, the perpetrator is often from Davoren Park area.
Its investment value is very limited.

Going broke? Mate the state isn't even in debt, there as actually in a lot better position financially than other states are.

No,we SA is well over 6 billion dollars in debt. Go online and read the state budget finances before making uninformed comments. Makes you look a bit silly mate.

I ain't calling people ferals & belittling people so if anyone looks silly it's yourself

Yeah ok

6 billion on 80 billion revenue is ok. Eventually the government gets a big cut of the revenue. The velocity of money in Australia is about 6 so every 8 weeks every dollar in circulation has 10% GST removed to federal gov. who then pass this onto state gov.

Woops I meant GDP not revenue but you can think of the state as a business because 10% GST is applied to the money in circulation so often.

Delusional review

Lol keep on hating my friend, these areas will grow weather u like it or not

Half hour from adelaide CBD ? Not sure how far over the speed limit your travelling but its a minimum 45 minute drive at the best of times. During peak times your looking at approx 1 hour. And in no way shape or form is this suburb desirable at all. Its a well known fact across this city that Davoren Park is really struggling, and is probably the worst for crime and unemployment in all of adelaide. I dont hate Davoren Park , I have friends who live near by and as a tradesman Ive worked in the area multiple times , I truly hope the area can pick up abit and be more family friendly, but for now and the foreseeable future its not looking bright.

New businesses have opened up in nearby munno para i.e Harvey norman, Woolworths,maccas & not to mention what's happening in Elizabeth cbd so when these businesses open up they do a lot of research into the future of the area they dont dwell on the past

Because having a maccas, woolworths and harvey norman nearby is a good thing, just means there is a higher than average percentage of the local population thats will to incurr debt for entertainment and fast food.

The area is indeed literally a 30 minute drive for the city of even less depending on traffic, literally 10 minutes further down the expressway than Paralowie.

Theres a lot of redevelopment happening in the area, Im currently buying a brand new house in a street thats full of new builds. Its all changing my friend, sure theres still bad eggs but you get those everywhere and most are getting priced out.

Steve please dont lie to yourself . Its an absolute minimum of 30 minutes in the middle of the night with no traffic at the very very least its 40-45 minutes in morning or afternoon traffic (and thats on a good day ) In no way are you getting to the city from Davo in 30 minutes during normal travel hours.
Yes you get bad eggs everywhere I totally agree mate , but Davoren Park is harder to find the good egg as opposed to bad one. The place is a proper dump. Its notoriously recognised as Adelaides worst suburb, even those across the borders know the name of Davoren Park .. and not for good reason. In a recent survey Davoren park had double the amount of total crime than average in the rest of Adelaide and if you live in Davo the statistics say you have a 1 in 6 chance of being a victim of Property Crime .
Great place to be . Its all happening

Buddy I live in Munno Para West which is further from the city and Im 33 minutes to the city centre. Where on earth do you get 45 minutes from? It used to take me 45 minutes to get to Adelaide from Gawler before the expressway was a thing.

But also, theres 1 billion dollars being invested into that area and right now is the perfect time to buy a brand new house, not an old dump, on the western side next to the Eyre estate part way into the rejuvenation project.

I lived in Davoren Park for almost a year after my move from the Gold Coast QLD. At first, due to my excitement of moving out on my own to a different state, I found it exciting! How wrong I was. My mail got stolen numerous times, cops always busting through our street/area, someone either over dosing, stabbing, breaking in, yelling drunk bogans, aboriginals asking for money, rude people on the bus, train, shops.... I'd be here all day telling you about the situations. As an "outsider" brought up in a middle class working family, I didn't want to expose myself to such things. I couldn't even go walk in the near by reserve or oval due to bums or just "feral" people just hanging around. I was followed a few times from the train station at Broad Meadows, it all got too much for me that I feared for my safety. It's kinda sad though, how the Government has brushed the lower class out north of Regency Road! Part of me sees it as a "What happened? This is like the ghetto and bad gang areas seen in movies! ". I had to get out, there's nothing out there. Sure good for families on Centrelink. But the more poor people get squished in to an area like that, bad things happen. They get bored, go do naughty things because they're either in trouble with police for whatever reason, or have nothing better to do. House prices are cheap yes, but I don't want my kids or family being exposed to prostitution, drugs and not able to go walk at a park without walking in to used needles, condoms and followed, stalked, robbed, mugged. No thanks, I'll stay away from this area at all costs. I speak from experience, 1 year was enough to see and witness Elizabeth in general, with surrounding suburbs. Paas. Give me a $1 million house there and I'd still refuse. My life, privacy and peace of mind is more valuable than cheap rent.

And no response from the owner the post which you commented on. See what I mean? Davoren Park IS a bad area, without denial. I was actually shocked myself to see your review as I now think its gotten even worse! Ive lived in my area for 18 years and never have had a problem. However, you living in Davoren Park for a year and experiencing so many things in just a year amazes me. I believe your experience 100 percent! I dont see why anyone would want to live out that way. Every city in the world has a part where its terrible, and here in Adelaide, its the northern suburbs. No denial.

Of the post*

I have lived in the northern suburbs for a few months not far from davoren park and honestly my street is quiet. My kids walk to school and back with no issues most of the people in my area have jobs as well. Yes its not the best area to live but seriously who can afford $400 a week unless you're a doctor or a lawyer?

I have caught the train from the same train station and never had an issue however I have lived in a small country town and nearly been attacked by a man hiding behind bush scrub, crime is everywhere it's a matter of being in wrong spot at wrong time.

Melissa, $400 p/w is not a lot of money. Daveon Park is a dangerous area & you could not pay me $400 p/w to expose my child to such a place. Also, if a Dr or a lawyer don't own their own home, they are paying $800 + a week rent.. education will do that, give you options. Daveron Park takes options away

I hope your joking, the place is full of goblins....NOT A FAMILY WITH KIDS SUBURB AT ALL.

Ha ha that sounds about right.

I'm laughing at it because it is a joke!

Some people know no better.

Jimmy Barnes, hah! Is that the only thing that has ever happened to this area? Jimmy has be a thug, druggy and an alcoholic, by his own admission. He came from a terrible family out there, so he is really quite typical of Davoren residents. You only have to look on Google Earth to see the garbage strewn streets and trashed houses. Show us a street that is neat and tidy. I am sure ther is one there somewhere.

How dare you call me and my family ferals.. Ive lived in this suburb for 20+ years and raised 3 awesome/courteous and very respectful and polite kids.. Both me and my partner work fulltime (We're not drug dealers) as you stipulated..And my house and property are well maintained and clean (NO GARBAGE OUT FRONT)..... And the street i live in happens to be quiet and the residents here are NOT FERALS/DRUG DEALERS OR UNDESIRABLE 'S... People with your judgemental attitude are the ones that are undesirable and if anything you do more harm then good... I would much rather live here then next door to a RUDE/OBNOXIOUS/SELF RIGHTEOUS/JUDGEMENTAL HATE MONGER AS YOURSELF!!!!
Its people like you that makes the world the way it is....
Are these the values that you teach your children??????
SIGNED
A PROUD DAVOREN PARK RESIDENT......

Sorry, but who's being the rude one? Not me. I'm not belligerent in my words like you are. And if you want to call me judgemental, think again. Isn't everyone allowed to state their own opinion? Gee, when has that become such a huge issue for people! Quite frankly, why haven't you said all of your "above" to anyone else here who's said the exact same thing as I've basically said or of whom I do agree with? I'm, and so does everyone else, has the RIGHT to express their thoughts of a particular person/thing/suburb/toy/movie, etc, and then have it slammed for not having a good reflection or review about it! If you think that Davoren Park is the best place in the world, that's good for you! And HOW DARE YOU call ME "A RUDE, OBNOXIOUS, SELF RIGHTEOUS, JUDGEMENTAL, HATE MONGER"!

YOU STATE: "Schools in Davoren Park and surrounds are terrible. No good state schools means a terrible education".
Anyone who states:
"The are is full of ferals".
"Davoren Park and surrounds"
Must have had that.....so called....'near city area education'. I could go on and on with your BAD ENGLISH writing skills!
I could also bash your 'bad personal opinion' with some REAL stats. Your reviews are a personal attack on others. Its so sad to me that 'a great area' to you is determined by wealth and by that I mean ...... money $$$.
Lisa from Craigmore. Who has lived in many suburbs. Greenwith, Mawson Lakes, Unley etc. I hated living near the city and Mawson Lakes.

Bad personal opinion? I could go on for hours about how your response of my Davoren Park review (sorry how it's brutally honest and straight to the point) has turned into a offended and aggressive response. I'm not over-reacting like you are, I'm just telling it how it is. And I can reassure you that I have proof that the northern suburbs are terribly unsafe since they ARE THE STATE'S ASSUALT HOTSPOTS; https://www.nova919.com.au/news/10-most-dangerous-suburbs-adelaide.
I would just like to say in conclusion, I am terribly, terribly sorry for being brutally honest and what I think about the area without giving a care in the world what you think about it. Now, I'm usually quite a sensitive person and can become easily hurt, but the pure nonsense and aggression you've written does not offended. And one more thing, if my English "writing" skills are not great, I wouldn't of written a brutally honest review....

Does not offend me*.

WOW . PEOPLE JUST DONT LIKE THE TRUTH. Ask anyone that has lived in Adelaide what suburbs to avoid....the answer will always be northern suburbs and in particular Davoren park, Smithfield ect. Facts are Facts get over it.

PS: To be fair some Southern Suburbs are just as bad if not worse (crime), so dont feel you are getting targeted.

Correct! Ask anybody local in Adelaide and see what places they would prefer not to live in - the northern suburbs! But yes, I admit (see?! I'm being honest!!) That suburbs in southern Adelaide like Hackham West and Huntfield Heights are avoidable and pretty dangerous, but THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE! I've encountered hundreds of people in my life and would rather off live in these areas than let's say Davoren Park, Andrews Farm, those places. But I certainly disagree that suburbs south of Adelaide are worse. There are very few that are crappy, yes, you find that west and east too, but much more desirable over the northern suburbs...

I do agree the place is shit, only DEPENDING where in the area you are from. I lived there most of my life and I'm lucky to be suronded with some nice elderly naboughs. If you grew up in the area and experinced the type of people first hand, then your opinion is understandable. But if is just based on other people's views, then that's unfair, weather that infoation is true or not.

i moved to davoren park from a richer side of town to escape my psychotic stalker im much happier the neighbours are so cool friendly im safe not scared here walking down the street i studied classical piano at the elder conservatorium was more scared of those people than my community who seem to be more normal

It's a scary area to live in.I worked up that way for seven years but in my late fathers medical practice as his receptionist so am a little bit out of it to know the whole reality of that part of town.It's a shame though they only well after I finished school started putting in some additional private colleges around there otherwise It would have made things a lot easier for my parents not having to find some elitist inner city high school where class sizes were just ridiculous and in many cases bullying was rife.

Salisbury North was done up and yes it has improved much like Playford Alive. Hopefully it will be the same for the Dav

I dont know when this was posted, but I am currently buying a brand new and my first home just back from Stebonheath road near the Eyre Foodland.

I appreciate the review. I honestly believe the area had a bad name 20 years ago and people just havent let go of that and cant see the potential and growth happening..

I compare it to Paralowie and Burton, those areas used to be known as holes but today they are booming, surrounded by shops, transport and parklands and are fetching much higher property prices now. I see the same happening in Davoren Park, many new developments around and re-developments within will soon make it part of a thriving area between Elizabeth, Munno Para and Angle Vale out to Virginia, connected to the growing Elizabeth CBD rewarding people who can look past previous reputation and invest.

Your comment relating to the housing prices drop are not isolated to Davoren Park, do some research it is state wide. If you look the median house price has increased in the last 4 months.

@ crumpledoor My comment was written in March 2011. Accurate for time written. in March 2012 I would agree with you.

i hated where i use to live we were in a well to do area and harassed broken into everyday we couldnt leave the house so moved to davoren park way calmer safer area for me

I have lived in hillbank, Salisbury North, Port norlunga South, Elizabeth East, Elizabeth North, Elizabeth Park, Smithfield and now Davoren Park. Seems like a downgrade BUT the part of davoren Park that I live in now is the cleanest most quiet street I have EVER lived in. Since I've lived here I've not seen a cop car, a feral, a drug dealer or anything that is negative ON MY STREET. I hope people realize that you cannot place negativity upon a whole suburb. It actually comes down to the actual street. I am sick and tried of people who base their rating on a whole suburb because they had a bad experience in a certain house, on a certain street. There is zero crime in the part of davoren Park I live in. Some people are just lucky or unlucky.

But you still have to leave your street!

Great review - this is exactly the kind of information people need!

Scary place ... but very informative review! Good stuff Tone .. glad u got out! Sounds like some (bleak) inspiration for a movie...

Sorry your first 21 years were in a place like Davoren Park. I'm really glad to see that you didn't give up on South Australia all together though because I think we live in a pretty good part of the World.

Like any state SA has it's good and bad, Davoren Park is not the best place to be and I would have to say this is a pretty accurate review for this particular area which is one of the worst suburbs in the state even though like you say there are some lovely people there.

I have to agree, completely.
Check out the photos I posted for Davoren Park :D

It's difficult to argue against that evidence!

Davoren Park definitely has its bad areas, theres a few streets you can drive down that seem out of a 3rd world country, though much can be said about any city that housing trust has homes. Thankfully many of these places are to be cleaned up, it would just be appreciated if people in their housing trust homes learnt to take care of the handouts they are given.

Couldn't agree more with the lawnmower comment!

The playford alive boost should gradually bring change to the area.

Though i would have to disagree with the scores you gave the facilities as i believe they are uninformed, and deliberately ranking low. For instance your cost of living is rated high when it should be low, you've just given them the lowest scores.

Power water gas supply is flawless. Power is stable, the water is clean and gas is a good pressure.
There is plenty of public transport, there is so many bus stops around the area, and area is within 1-3km of both womma stationa and smithfield station for train commuters.
The traffic is VERY LOW nowhere near the amounts of adelaide, or even gawler, its never congested.

There is many schools within the area, 3 childcare centers, a new super school opening.

While this review aims on all the negative aspects of the area i feel it has completely missed out on any part of the facilities available to the public.

Daveron Park and Elizabeth South are the poorest, lowest educated areas in SA. Check the stats with abs. I have family and friends who live in the area and have great neighbours etc but as a whole they even say it isn't the best of areas. I'd rather live out of that area of Playford.